[ATTENDED: October 8, 2016] J&L Defer
It was raining pretty hard when I left for The Stony Pony. Doors were at 7, I imagined Alex G (who was billed along with Built to Spill) would go on around 7:30, Built to Spill would go on no later than 9 and I’d be home early.
So I was bummed when I walked in at 7:30 and saw that there was another opening band called J&L Defer and that they would be going on at 8, and that BtS would not be going on until 10. Ugh.
I assumed that J&L Defer (what a weird name) were some local band. I was surprised to discover that they were a duo and that they were not there to rock us, but to play some shapeless noodling. And, as soon as the guitar played a piercing note (opening acts tend to sound worse than the headliner and tend to hurt my ears much more), I got some earplugs. (more…)
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